JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE

Volume 14 No. 1March 2011
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Papers
The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope: Construction and Forty Years of Radio AstronomyRichard Wielebinski, Norbert Junkes
& Berndt H. Grahl
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Astronomy and Constellations in the IliadE. Theodossiou, V.N. Manimanis, P. Mantarakis
& M.S. Dimitrijevic,
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Comets in Australian Aboriginal AstronomyDuane W. Hamacher & Ray P. Norris,31
Costa Lobo and the Study of the Sun in Coimbra in the First Half of the Twentieth CenturyAntonio Jose F. Leonardo, Decio R. Martins
& Carlos Fiolhais
41
Highlighting the History of French Radio Astronomy. 6: The Multi-element Grating ArraysMonique Pick, Jean-Louis Steinberg,
Wayne Orchiston & André Boischot,
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Book Reviews (all)
Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters. From Herschel to Dreyer’s New
General Catalogue,
by Wolfgang Steinicke
Hilmar W. Duerbeck78
History of Astronomy in Finland 1828 – 1918, by Raimo Lehti & Tapio MarkkanenHilmar W. Duerbeck78
Astronomie in Nürnberg, ed. by Gudrun WolfschmidtHilmar W. Duerbeck78
Johann Bayer: Uranometria 1603, ed. by Ulrich Schaake & Winfried BerberichHilmar W. Duerbeck79
Discoverers of the Universe. William and Caroline Herschel, by Michael HoskinWayne Orchiston79
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Volume 14 No. 2July 2011
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Editorial
We are going green — and freeWayne Orchiston, Hilmar W. Duerbeck
and Joseph S. Tenn
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Papers
Highlighting the History of French Radio Astronomy. 7: The Genesis of the Institute of
Astronomy at Millimeter Wavelengths (IRAM)
Pierre Encrenaz, Jesús Gómez-González,
James Lequeux & Wayne Orchiston
83
Madras Observatory and the Discovery of C/1831 A1 (The Great Comet of 1831)R.C. Kapoor93
Eclipses in Australian Aboriginal AstronomyDuane W. Hamacher & Ray P. Norris103
The AFCRL Lunar amd Planetary Research BranchStephan D. Price115
The Attribution of Classical Deities in the Iconography of Guiseppe PiazziClifford J. Cunningham, Brian G.
Marsden & Wayne Orchiston
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Aspects of Observational Astronomy in India: The Vidyasankara Temple at SringeriN. Kameswara Rao & Priya Thakur136
The Hobart Time Ball and Time Gun: a Critical ReviewRoger Kinns145
Book Reviews (all)
Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy, by Peter Grego
& David Mannion
Hilmar W. Duerbeck165
An Observer of Observatories. Thomas Bugge’s Tour of Germany, Holland and
England, ed.
by Peter De Clercq & Kurt Møller Pedersen
Hilmar W. Duerbeck165
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Volume 14 No. 3November 2011
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The Surprising History of Claims for Life on the SunMichael J. Crowe169
Sirius in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature: From the Orphic Argonautics to the
Astronomical Tables of Georgios Chrysococca
Efstratios Theodossiou, Vassilios N. Manimanis,
Milan S. Dimitrijevic & Peter Z. Mantarakis
180
Announcement: Radio Astronomy and the JAHH190
The Coudé EquatorialsJames Lequeux191
Early Astronomical Sequential Photography, 1873-1923Vitor Bonifacio203
The Astronomical Significance of ‘Nilurallu’, the Megalithic Stone Alignment at
Murardoddi in Andhra Pradesh, India
N. Kameswara Rao, Priya Thakur
& Yogesh Mallinthpur
211
The Role of Astronomical Alignments in the Rituals of the Peak Sanctuary at Kokino, MacedoniaOlgica Kuzmanovska-Barandovska
& Jovica Stankovski
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Who Invented the Word Asteroid: William Herschel or Stephen Weston?Clifford J. Cunningham & Wayne Orchiston230
IAU Reports
IAU Historical Instruments Working Group: Triennial Report (2009-2011)Sara J. Schechner235
IAU Transits of Venus Working Group: Triennial Report (2009-2011)Hilmar W. Duerbeck237
Book Reviews
Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries, by Govert SchillingNaomi Pasachoff238
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli e I’Osservatorio di Arcetri, by Simone Bianchi,
Daniele Galli & Antonella Gasperini
lleana Chinnici238
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos, by Dava SobelNaomi Pasachoff238
Transit of Venus 1631 to the Present, by Nick LombWayne Orchiston240
Index to Volume 14241
Corrigendum
Correction to “Comets in Aboriginal Australian Astronomy”Duane W. Hamacher242
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